Judging Contests Highlight FFA Fair at Stephens City
Stephens City Va Oct 2 special to The Star a judging contest featured FFA teams from a dozen schools with R A Wall of Luray as manager. W A Ross national secretary viewed exhibits and plans two chapters for a model Middletown Stephens City exhibit. Winners listed include many 4 H and farm produce categories with names such as Billy Sandy James Franks Richard Cather and Mason Carbaugh among others.
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Stephens City
R. A. Wall
Luray
Future Farmers Fair
W. A. Ross
Future Farmers of America
Washington
Ross
Middletown-Stephens City
Gainesboro
Buray
Sperryville
Washington Front Royal
Berryville
Boyce
Handley, Strasburg
Toms Brook
Middletown
Edinburg
Woodstock
Mt. E Jackson
New Market
Shenandoah
Frederick
Pracme
Stone Dines With FDR After Supreme Court Elevation
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone is shown leaving the White House after a luncheon with President Roosevelt. The meeting marks Stone’s first appearance since his ascent to the Supreme Court’s leadership.
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Harlan F. Stone
White House
Roosevelt
Stone
Supreme Court
Fall Rallies By United Brethren Across Virginia
United Brethren fall rallies and W M A institutes for the Virginia conference run October 30 to November 7 with events in Keyser Petersburg Staunton Harrisonburg Winchester and Martinsburg. The Foreign Mission Board will attend a conference on November 6-7.
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Virginia
Court Docket Summaries Enter Local Offenses
In Clayton Cochran case failure to display city tags with costs. Perry H. Hexrode of Berryville charged with drunkenness with $5 and costs. Samuel Jackson of Boyce charged with reckless driving and no operator's permit. 30 days and costs. Walter Fanning 609 South Kent Street charged with assault. 30 days suspended. E Linwood Locke of Charles Town charged with drunkenness. $5 and costs. Andrew S. Hunter of Rockville Md driving while intoxicated. $104.25 and six months suspended. Russell Dodson speeding. $9.25. Charles H. Barnhouse of Charles Town reckless driving. $14.25.
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Clayton Cochran
Perry H. Hexrode
Berryville
Samuel Jackson
Boyce
Walter Fanning
South Kent Street
Andrew S. Hunter
Rockville
Russell Dodson
Charles H. Barnhouse
Charles Town
Agricultural Exhibits Show Local Garden Winners
List of exhibitors and their top placements for vegetables and beans including onions cabbage peas and lima beans with names such as Eugene Lupton Burl Carpenter Ralph Campbell Billy Norman and James Clem among others. Noting several entries across multiple categories like green beans carrots and rhubarb for a county fair style display.
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Jonathans
Richard ‘d. Oeticed
Billy Richard
James Earl Ewing
Lester Ickle
Melvin Fawcett
Richard Cather
Kenneth Carbaugh
Persimmons
Ray Dodson
Mason Carbaugh
Courtney Bennington
Peaches
Po Carbaugh
Ene Lupton
Singeisne
James Earl Ewings
Roland Snapp
Red Delicious
Henry Carbaugh
Ben Davis
Richard Boyd
Yorks
Jam _ Ewing
Black Twigs
John Kettlewell
Golden Delicious
Richard Terault
Pranklin Brumback
Letcher Messick
Carlton Boyer
Aubrey Hartley
Irvin Grim
Alfred Hicks
Eugene Lupton
Lawrence Owens
Cushaws
Maurice Vincent
James, Garrett
Ford Horns
James Summell
Charles Sandy
Acorn Sqush
Billy Sandy
Poultry
James Judy
New Hampshire Reds
John Kline
Bannies
Lester Shickle
Connie Athey
Reid
James Ear Ewing
Carton Boyce
Timothy
Richard Fawcett
Wilmer Renner
James Franks
Richard Guard
Franklin Brumback
Miltel
James Stmmell
Roley Snapp
Hugh Tom
Burl Carpenter
Red Peppers
Bill Sandy
John Sargent
Kale
Ralph Campbell
Brussells
Ray Dod
Maurice Carpter
James Clem
Richard Grove
Salsify
Gene Lupton
Bell Onions
Lethar Messick
Bermuda Onions
Lester Shickles
Billy Norman
Lima Beans
Green Beans
Lee Fawcett
Peanuts
Cabbage
Dan Metz
Burt Carpenter
Tom Shull
Ralph Guard
Hugh Tom Campbell
Franklin
Peene Lupton
Harry Hartman
White Beans
Navy Beans
Mason Acarbaugh
Ralph Stimmell
James Stimmell
Mrs. Mollie O’Leary Dies After Paralysis at 1:50 P.M.
Mrs. Mollie Rose O’Leary a Baltimore native and Winchester resident since childhood died at her son’s home 116 East Cork Street yesterday afternoon at 1:50 following a year of declining health. Survived by five children 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren funeral at Sacred Heart Church Saturday with Fr. R. E. Hannon officiating and burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Mollie Rose O'Leary
Robert
East Cork Street
Greenwood
Daniel O'Leary
O Leary
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Winchester
J. C. O’leary
J. R. O'Leary
D. C. O’leary
William Forney
Pred Cochran
Sacred Heart Church
R. E. Hannon
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Garland Rodgers
R. Willey
O. L. Jamison
Bernard Sullivan
John L. Shine
Harry Callum
U S Talks Signal Economic Ties With Free French
United States and Free French officials held informal talks on economic cooperation. No recognition of De Gaulle’s government or formal diplomatic ties were discussed, but focus remained on economic affairs in Free French controlled areas. An American mission proceeds to French equatorial Africa to address shipping and trade questions.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Washington
United States
Free French
Rene Plevin
Free French National Council
Welles
State Department
Charles de Gaulle
Vichy
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
France
Plevin
London
Be Gaulle
Germany
French Empire
de Gaulle
French Equatorial Africa
Shallow-Rooted Drizzle Impacts Orchard Health
A light drizzle totaling .11 inch at 8 o clock is noted with limited area damage to trees depending on shower paths. Apple trees suffer from dry spells but not irreparable harm. water core increases yet may disappear in cold storage. Trees enter dormancy early, drop leaves, fruit sizes shrink slightly, sugar content rises, and color remains near average. Total rainfall for the year reaches 21.24 inches, well below nine month average.
Hunter F Weakley Dies Of Heart Ailment In Winchester
Hunter F Weakley 46 a well known Winchester wood dealer died at 342 Shenandoah Avenue at 9 10 pm contended with ill health recently born April 13 1896 in Madison county. Survived by wife Katie Elsen Weakley three daughters Evelyn Pauline Thelma Weakley and son Carlton his mother Mrs R W Barton. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at the home with Rev Dr E Tveig officiating pallbearers Ira Ondorff Sam Dove Hayes Stultz Earl Newcome Joe Lineburg Cline Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter F. Weakley
Winchester
Shenandoah Avenue
Madison County
Katie Elsen Weakley
Pauline Farmer
Evelyn
Thelma Weakley
Carlton
Mr. Weakley
R. W. Barton
E. Tveig
Ira Orndorff
Sam Dove
Hayes Stultz
Earl Newcome
Joe Lineburg
Cline Hill
Shenandoah County Drives for Children Campaign Led by Miss Wightman
Shenandoah County outlines the annual drive for the Children's Home Society of Virginia led by Miss Eula H. Wightman with Oct 1 to 15 timing. Local workers include Mrs. Borders, Mrs. Reger, Mrs. Rau, Mrs. Bashaw, Mrs. Olinger, and Mrs. Bird. The 1941 budget aims to care for over 350 children and add more than 100 new entries, many to be adopted by foster homes. 41 children were adopted in 1940 and 152 under supervision awaiting legal adoption. The drive is part of a statewide effort to exceed $90,000 for minimum operating expenses.
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Woodstock
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Eula H. Wightman
Miss Wightman
Raymond E. Borders
Strasburg
R. K. Reger
Toms Brook
Ina Rau
Edinburg
F. L. Bashaw
Maurertown
H. R. Olinger
New Market
Way Bird
Jackson
Brumback Enlists Eldon Brumback in Air Corps
Eldon H. Brumback of Middletown son of Mr and Mrs J Herbert Brumback of Belle Grove enlisted in the Air Corps and was ordered to Wichita Falls Texas He had just returned from Los Angeles where he worked in an airplane factory
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Eldon H. Brumback
Middletown
J. Herbert Brumback
Belle Grove
Air Corps
Wichita Falls
Tex
Los Angeles
Roads of Nation Are Criticised
Detroit October 2 Paul G Hoffman president of Studebaker warned that the nations highway system is inadequate for peacetime needs and postwar planning must begin now He argued most vehicles are aging and many depend on aging cars while defense demands limit new production and called for longer lasting repairs to extend car life and keep essential travel possible
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Detroit
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
American Association of State Highway Officials
Hoffman
United States
Answers to the Daily Quiz From Page Four
Quiz answers list items for questions covering subjects from presidents to terms. The page notes the sequence with numbers and occasional stray letters and mentions Sigmund Freud naming psychoanalysis as a treatment method.
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Sigmund Freud
District Nurse Society Elects Officers for New Year
The District Nurse Association resumed fall meetings and elected officers. Mrs. H. D. Puller was reelected president for 26 years, with Mrs. Martin Wisecarver as secretary treasurer for 21 years. Vice presidents named were Mrs. Daniel W. Lupton, Mrs. Mason Snapp, and Mrs. C. B. Burgess. The tubercular work chair was given to Mrs. B. B. Dutton. Nurses reported few unusual activities in September, polio cases treated via funds, and 252 visits across prenatal, postnatal, infant, school, tubercular, and adult patients.
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District Nurse Association
H. D. Puller
Martin Wisecarver
Daniel W. Lupton
Mason Snapp
C. 8. Burgess
University of Virginia Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Polio Fund
University Hospital
Crippled Childrens’ Bureau
State Department of Health
Lions’ Club
Miller School
Defends Right To Seek Happiness at National Recreation Congress
Dr Henry Noble MacCracken of Vassar urged Americans to reaffirm the pursuit of happiness as an inalienable right. He warned governments prioritizing property over happiness misplace priorities and urged incorporation of play and recreation as essential, especially in wartime and amid hatred. He addressed 1,600 delegates, stressing recreation as a first thought.
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Baltimore
Henry Noble MacCracken
Vassar College
National Recreation Congress
MacCraken
Lexington Mayor Gilbert Rhodes Dies After Illness
Gilbert A. Rhodes 72 longtime Lexington mayor died yesterday at 6 am in Jackson Memorial Hospital after a three week illness. A Rockingham county native born February 1869 near Lacey Springs he later moved to Botetourt and Lexington where he ran a meat market. Funeral set Friday at 3 pm at Lexington Presbyterian Church with burial in Buchanan.
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Gilbert A. Rhodes
Lexington
Rockingham County
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Mayor Rhodes
Lacey Springs
Preston
Caroline Thomas Rhodes
Botetourt County
Lexington Presbyterian Church
Buchanan
Shenandoah Recruits Ordered to Report for Induction
Shenandoah County selective service board ordered eleven registrants to report in Roanoke on October 11 for U S armed forces induction. Names include Lester R Lichliter Detrick Elwood D Getz Norwood E Lutz Elmer H Strasnider Roy Neff Paxton Coffman Maryiana Habron John W Overholtz William Ritenour Sylvester Polk and Charles E Walters.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County Selective Service Board
Roanoke
United States Armed Forces
Lester Raymond Lichliter
Detrick
Elwood Dallas Getz
Strasburg
RFD
Norwood Elmo Lutz
Mt. Jackson
Elmer Herse
Strasnider
Strasbure
Roy Neff
Paxton Coffman
Jerome
Mavian
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Ernest Davies
Quince
Pears
Earl Carpenter
Miss Liberty
Benrus Shackproof Watches
Thomas
Wwelers i
Leesburg
Dines
Fdr
United Brethren
E. Linwood Locke
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
O’leary
Hollywood
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
USO
Bel Air
Army and Navy
University of Southern California
UCLA
Hunter Weakley
Shenandoah County
Brumback Enlists
Onn
Jones Funeral Home
Thomas Jefferson
Tru
Tur
Cat
Rigor Mortis
Sword
Connecticut
Marietta
District Nurse Society
Wallpap
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Dodge
Chevrolet
W. B
Pine Motor CO
Dodge-Plymouth
Winchester, VA
W. Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
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